Door-hanger.



SAMUEL W. BEESON, OF BUFFALO, NEW YORK.

DOOR-HANGER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented April 7, 1908.'

Application led March 4, 1907. Serial No. 360,344.

To all whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that l, SAMUEL W. BEEsoN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Buffalo, in the county of Erie and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Door-Hangers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a door` hanger and has for its object to produce a hanger of this character which is strong and durable, and which will support the door without liability of cramping or binding the same and which ossesses other advantages to be mentioned hereafter.

In the accompanying drawings: Figiire 1 is a fragmentary perspective view of a box freight car having its oor suspended by my improved hangers. Fig. 2 is a detached pers ective view, on an enlar ed scale, of one of t changers. Fig. 3 is a ragmentary vertical transverse section taken in line 3-3, Fig. 4. Fig. 4 isl a fragmentary longitudinal section in the correspondingly numbered line in Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts throughout the several views.

Those parts of the car or other structure with which my improved hanger coperates are preferably constructed as follows: A represents a horizontal supporting beam secured lengthwise to the outer side of the side plate B by horizontal bolts C passing transversely through these parts at intervals. On the underside of this rsu portin beam the same is provided with a ongitu inal groove f in which is seated the upper side of a longitudinal tubular track D having a longitudinal slot d on its underside. This track is secured in the groove of the supporting beam by vertical bolts F passing t rough the upper portions of the track and the supportmg beam and each bearing with itshead at its lower end against the bore or inner side of the track while its nut bears against the upper side of the sup orting beam.

Each of the oor hangers whereby the door is slidingly supported from said track consists of an upper enlargement, head or runner G which is a apted to slide lengthwise in the bore of the tubular track, a reduced portion or neck h projecting downwardly from the underside of the head through the slot inthe bottom of the track, and a socket 1 arranged at the lower end of said neck and having an inner flange t and an outer flange 'i1 between which the upper edge ofthe adjacent portion of the door 1s secured by means of bolts j or otherwise. The socket of the hanger is made comparatively long so as to furnish a wide bearlng surface and distribute the' attachment of the same to the door over a greater area but the head of the same is made shorter than said socket so as to reduce the area of its surface which engages with the bore of the tubular track and permits the door to be opened and closed more readily'. This contact between the head of the hanger and the bore ofthe track is still further reduced by forming longitudinal grooves 7c in the sides of the head which engage with the track, thereby forming longitudinal ribs k1 which alternate with said grooves and engage only at their outer edges with the track. These ribs are straight and engage throughout their length with the bore of the tubular track. By this means the hanger may be made comparatively light and still furnish enough strength to support the door and sufficient contact surface for engagement with the track to avoid undue wear of any part thereof. Furthermore, this grooving of the head enables the dirt to work off the surface ofthe track.

The u per side of the head is concaved or recessed engthwise so as to form a clearance space l for avoidin interference with the heads of the verticalolts which are arranged in the upper part of the track. A sup ortlng head for the hanger is thus produce whichv is substantially crescent-shaped in cross section.

By recessing or cutting away the head at the to and grooving its sides, undue thickness o the same at any particular point is avoided, thereby permitting the same to be made of malleable iron and reliably and uniformly annealed, whereby the efficiency of the same is increased accordingly.

I claim as my invention:

A door hanger havin a longitudinal head which is adapted to sli e in a tubular guide wa a flange adapted to be secured to a door an a reduced neck'connectin said head and flange and adapted to move t rough a longitudinal slot in said guide way, said head being of crescent shape in cross section with its concave side facing upwardly and its convex side being provided with alternating longitudinal grooves and ribs, whereby the top of Witness my hand this 28th day of FebruthcJ heat is prvntedlflrclln striknig tlllie interary, 1907. na hea s of o ts W 'e support t e uide Way at the top', the Contact between theghead SAMUEL W BEESON' 5 and track is reduced, dirt is worked off the Witnesses:

guide Way and the head can be reliably a,n THEO. L. POPP7 nealed, substantially as set forth. E. M. GRAHAM. 

